my name is Atef Mohsen, 35 years old , Muslim from cairo Egypt , .
i am marred and have a daughter her age is year and half called shams (means the sun) and my wife is a writer ... write in woman issues and physiology.
i am an architect ... I graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts architecture department in Cairo my rank was the 7th anonge my class .
i am an entrepreneur who stating founding his own architecture studio called Arkan Architects beside working in my family business in marble and granite .
i was a basketball player when i was a child and then taekwondo player now i retired just play squash as a hobby .
In college, I had other kinds of activities. They mainly revolved around leadership; as I was honored to be representing my colleagues as the leader of my class for all five years of study. During that phase, I also participated in the 10th International student Leadership Conference (ISLC) in the American University in Cairo (AUC).
I represented my country in an international workshop of architecture that was held in Turin, Italy in the summer of 2004. The competition was for students form Mediterranean courtiers and was organized by the Union of Mediterranean Architects (UMAR).
I have also participated in the second International youth entrepreneurship congress in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2009.
I am a member of El Lakta El Wahda Artist community; fulfilling my creativity skills and hobbies.
I have been involved in psychosocial support to the civilian victims of Gaza war 2009 with Arab Medical union.
i participated in Egyptian revolution 2011 and I was a member of the executive office of the central secretariat of the Youth in El-Wasat Party (the first party to be opened after the revolution)
In 2011 I have initiated a fundraising campaign to help People of Somalia by the name '' youth for Somalia '' in cooperation with Arab Medical union - Relief Committee and Emergency – to those who are suffering from hanger and diseases.
In 2012 I have been chosen with 5 other Egyptian youth leaders to participate in MENA Leadership program organized by Japan Foundation in Tokyo under the theme “Leadership in Building community and nation” for my role in civil and relief activities.
In 2014 I have participated in a workshop organized by the UNDP (united nation development programme in Egypt) in cooperation with Fablab Egypt and Gesr (masr el-khair foundation) under the name of "design for integrated living" with persons with disabilities helping them finding solutions for challenges they faces every day and now we developing a first game in Egypt for teaching sign language called (sign heroes) .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

because i love knowing people ... their culture , stories , dreams , experience and knowledge.
interact with people from other countries is a part of knowing this country deeply.
i believe that all human mankind are brother and sisters and we have a bond that connect us all .
we have to embrace the miracle of being different in color , language and culture by knowing each other and interact with each other because their for sure an amazing thing that we can share with each other.

Interests

reading , painting and traveling
i love design and creativity in all it ways
i love nature and vernacular architecture
i love helping others

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• writing
• architecture
• design
• coloring
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• basketball
• racquetball
• business
• entrepreneurship
• sign language
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

i love folk music
my favorite movies for example :
thinking in pictures temple grandin
forrest gump
the terminal
books:
i love biographies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

participating in Egypt revolution in 2011
helping Gaza war victims in 2009
starting a fundraising campaign for Somalian people who suffer hunger in 2011
being a part of helping deaf peaple in Egypt with UNDP

Teach, Learn, Share

design , game design , Arabic

What I Can Share with Hosts

new angle for seeing the world
new idea

Countries I’ve Visited

Iran, Italy, Japan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt